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A Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature

The primary aim of this book is to give as much information about English authors, including American and Colonial writers, as the prescribed limits will admit. An attempt has been made to enhance the interest by introducing such details as tend to illustrate the characters and circumstances of the authors and the manner in which they passed through the world.